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GOP watch: Less government in Indiana

“U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2008 Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll revealed that Indiana had the fewest public employees per capita. Illinois was just behind, and Wisconsin was ranked third,” Real Clear’s McPike reports. “As [Indiana Gov. Mitch] Daniels ponders a bid for the presidency in 2012, the example he set with the Hoosier State's government could set a tone for contenders in the GOP primary now that limiting government has emerged as a leading campaign issue for Republicans this year.”